HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 577

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Brandy Fluker-Reid

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Brandy Fluker-Reid

12th Suffolk

1/16/2025

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/6/2025

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/6/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/6/2025

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

2/6/2025

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/6/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/6/2025

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/6/2025

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/6/2025

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/6/2025

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/10/2025

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/10/2025

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/12/2025

Homar Gómez

2nd Hampshire

2/13/2025

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/13/2025

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/5/2025

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/11/2025

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

3/18/2025

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/24/2025

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

4/1/2025

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

4/1/2025

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

4/8/2025

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

5/12/2025

Lisa Field

3rd Bristol

9/3/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 577

By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 577) of Brandy Fluker-Reid and others relative to charter school tuition reimbursement.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (gg) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(gg) Any district whose total charter school tuition amount is greater than its total charter school tuition amount for the previous year shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth in accordance with this paragraph and subject to appropriation; provided, however, that no funds for said reimbursements shall be deducted from funds distributed pursuant to chapter 70. The district's reimbursement shall be 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the increase occurs, 80 per cent of the increase in the year following the increase, 60 per cent of the increase in the second year following the increase and 40 per cent of the increase in the third year following the increase.